Hasp-fastener.



Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

Attorneys 1 'l nventor I ll/001 241216 R; BRUCE.

HASP FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 7, 1913.

Witnesses I assess: nation, or, wrinnme ron, KANSAS.

zen of the United wizom it may concern:

'Bejit lmown that L Ronna'r Broom, a citi- States, residing at Welfligam, in thecounty of Sumner and State of crises, have invented a new anduseful pf asten'er, of which the following is a spgeification. Th-'sinvention relates to improvements in hasp fasteners and moreparticularly to a lock orseal'hasp fastener.

An object of the present invention isto provide an improved form of haspfastener,

to which maybe secured a seal or lock, the construction of the fastenerbeing such that the likelihood of the seal being wrongly applied theretowill be largely eliminated.

-'; Afurther object is to providea hasp fastener especially, designedfor use in connection with freight car doors whereby it will :bepractically impossible to wrongly apply the seal thereto.

. With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that chan es in the preciseembodiment of the inventionherein disclosed, can be made within thescope of what is claimed, WltllOllt 3 departing from the spirit of theinvention.

n the drawings accompanying this speci- I fication and forming a partthereofthe prefj erable form of the invention isillustrated, n at Awhich:- v

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of .a car door with my improved haspfastener operably secured thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of thehasp fastener. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig.2.

' Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numeralsdesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the hasp 4is provided with a slot or opening 5 extending therethrough and adjacentone of the edges thereof is a raised shoulder 6, the latter beingprovided with an opening 7 extending what 1s termed transverselytherethrough. The remote end of the hasp is provided with an aperture 8extending therethrough, through which isaclapted to extend a'securingstaple 9 as more clearly. illustrated in Fig. 1.

Rigidly, secured to the car wall is a base plate 10 provided with a lug11 projecting I Specification of Letters Patent. Application filedAugust 1, 1913. Serial no. 7833339.

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Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

' therefrom and which lug is provided with an aperture 12 extendingtransversely therethrough and the aperture 13 extending at right anglestothe first mentioned a erture and'what is termed longitudinally t roughthe said lug, the. terms transverse and longitudinal being used in a.relative sense in order to more readily describe the openings. The lug11 is ofsuch size that it passes freely and at the same time snuglythrough the slot or opening 5 of the hasp, it 1 being illustrated inSuch position'in Fig. 2. The base plate 10 is provided with theapertures 14 extending .therethrough, which apertures provide meanswhereby the said base plate may be rigidly secured to the walls of a caror other supporting structure. The upper portion of the base plate 10 isprovided with an opening extending therein and in which is secured oneend of a flexible member orchain 16 the'latter being rigidly secured tothe In or key 17 the upper p0r tion 18 of the key 17 being lar er thanthe lower portion 19 thereof so that the restricted portion 19 'will fitwithin the restricted aperture 13 of the lug and will be limited in itsmovements therein by the shoulder which of necessityexists between thejuncture of the portions 18 and 19. The key 17 is provided with anaperture 20 ex tending therethrough and positioned a distance from theshoulder between the meeting portions 18 and 19 substantially equalto'the distance which the aperture 12- is placed from the top of the lugso that when the pin has assumed its final position the aperture 20therein will aline With the transverse aperture 12 of the In and-theaperture 7 of theshoulder, all 0 which is clearly illustrated in Fig. 3.

A pad lock or seal may be inserted through the alined openings 12, 20,and 7 which will lock or seal the parts in their respective relationsand it will be impossible to change the respective relations of theparts until the lock is removed or the seal broken. Attention is calledto the fact that in order for the hasp fastener herein de scribed to belocked in position it will be necessary for the operator to first graspthe pin 17 and hold it up out of the way while the hasp is beinginserted over the lug 11. After the hasp has assumed its final positionwith thelug passing throughthe opening therein the pin 17 is passed downwardly through the restricted aperture 13 and the same will bemaintained therein due a padlock to be passed through the openings 12and 7 it will be necessary that the pin be in its proper position oreither entirely removed from the lug, either of which positions providesthat after the lock or seal has passed through the said openings theywill prevent the hasp from becoming. disengaged from the lug. Thus therewill be littlelikelihood of a false seal being ef-i fected which withthe present forms of hasp fasteners is very likely to occur.

What I- claim is 1. In a hasp fastener the combination of a haspprovided with an opening'extending therethrough, a shoulder adjacent-theedge of said opening and provided with an aperture extendingtherethrough, a plate with :1 lug projecting therefrom adapted to extendthrough the opening of the said hasp, said lug provided with aperturesextending longitudinally and transversely there-.

through, the transverse aperture *thereof adapted to aline with theshoulde'r aperture, and a pin adapted to extend through the said luglongitudinal opening, said pin provided with an aperture extendingtrans-- versely therethrough adapted to aline with 'from adjacent oneedge of said'opening,

said shoulder provided with an opening extending transverselytherethrough, a plate provided with a lug projecting therefrom saidplate adapted to project through the,

hasp opening, said lug provided with transverse and longitudinalopenings extending therethrough, and a key with an enlarged head havingan aperture extending transversely therethrough adapted "to extendthrough the longitudinal opening of the lug with the apertures thereofin alinement with the transverse apertures of the said lug and shoulder,and flexible means for securing the said pin to the'plate.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT BRUCE. Witnesses:

G. A. JOHNSTON, FRANK TRAXLER.

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